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Grenoble, France
Community manager at Hyland. Founder of Une Jolie Musique, a not for profit studio using open source and open source based software only to record music and produce videos. I also teach and advise on open source, and write tutorials. Involved in various Open Source and Free Software projects and communities for many years. Ubuntu Studio co-founder.
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I am glad to see that I am not alone to use free and open source software, on GNU/Linux workstations, to produce multimedia.
Lightwork is the top on Linux when one need a very good editor, however I am using Kdenlive or Shotcut when this is simple. BTW, did you have a look at Blender Velvets? A set of plugins to transform Blender for video edition only and sync it with Ardour for the audio part. http://blendervelvets.org/fr/
I also own a license for Harrison Mixbus, the brilliant audio software based on Ardour. But Ardour itself is a great tool. I use it for my label Une Jolie Musique.
First, learning GNU/Linux from the command line is stupid if you are not a sysadmin. Today's distributions like Ubuntu are really user friendly, and you really don't command line at all. My grand mother, 85 years old, is using Ubuntu every day.
Second, a lot of interesting applications are available for Mac and Windows too. So instead of changing your operating system, just keep windows or mac. And start to replace your applications by open source one. Firefox, Libre Office, Scribus, Inkscape, Gimp, Shotcut, ... are cross-platform.
When you notice that you actually made the change, and you are using only open source software, then, why would you keep the operating system? It will mean that you are ready for GNU/Linux. And please, do not start with a difficult distribution, but with a user friendly one.